LETTER FROM A FARM KID

Oz n Bolivia · 03-28-2008, 11:51 AM

Subject: LETTER FROM A FARM KID

Dear Ma and Pa,

I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled.

I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 A.M. but I am getting so I like to sleep late.

Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things.

No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing.

Men get to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water.

Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit
by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon when you get fed again.

It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on "route marches," which the platoon sergeant
says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A "route march"
is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.

This will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys
at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.

Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have
to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake.I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry.

Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come
stampeding in.

Your loving daughter,
Carol.

Oz

Windwalker · 03-28-2008, 01:19 PM

Lol, teach em how it's done Carol.

BaserRonin · 03-28-2008, 01:23 PM

Thanks, that was the first post I read this morning. It is dreary here, and I had to chip a quarter inch of ice off my windshield this morning. I needed a chuckle

sell33 · 03-28-2008, 01:28 PM

lol...

rugernut · 03-28-2008, 02:09 PM

i like it!!

andrew cochran · 03-28-2008, 02:31 PM

Good one! LOL

shooter-55 · 04-01-2008, 10:46 AM

I think I dated her..............

03-28-2008, 11:51 AM	#1
Oz n Bolivia Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 115	LETTER FROM A FARM KID Subject: LETTER FROM A FARM KID Dear Ma and Pa, I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 A.M. but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men get to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on "route marches," which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A "route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. This will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes. Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake.I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in. Your loving daughter, Carol. Oz __________________ Education gives us a data base of knowledge, what and how we use that data base is wisdom.

03-28-2008, 01:19 PM	#2
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,000	Lol, teach em how it's done Carol. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

03-28-2008, 01:23 PM	#3
BaserRonin Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In a Dark Cubicle Posts: 375	Thanks, that was the first post I read this morning. It is dreary here, and I had to chip a quarter inch of ice off my windshield this morning. I needed a chuckle __________________ "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism" ~ R. W. Inge

03-28-2008, 02:31 PM	#6
andrew cochran Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW! Posts: 2,320	Good one! LOL __________________ If you don't have anything good to say... Don't say it!

03-28-2008, 01:28 PM	#4
sell33 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,385	lol...

03-28-2008, 02:09 PM	#5
rugernut Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: TEXAS Posts: 62	i like it!!

04-01-2008, 10:46 AM	#7
shooter-55 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1	I think I dated her..............